Ingredient of the month: AçaiWhat is it? An antioxidant-packed botanical considered to be one of the richest nutritive fruits of the Amazon. Its small purple berries grow from a palm tree known to the Brazilians as ?the tree of life.?
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Looking for a ?whey? to satisfy a wide range of consumer diets and palates? Due to its great taste and high versatility, one protein ingredient can help you meet them all. Bill Haines explains
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Expanded commercial availability and new concentrations of this long-trusted ingredient is good news for consumers watching their cholesterol, blood pressure or weight. GREGORY STEPHENS, RD, separates the oats from the chaff
The oat (Avena sati...

An African initiative to enhance the quality of its top 50 herbal products is seeking to benefit from intensified interest in the continent?s diverse range of medicinal plants.
The research programme is being funded by the European Union?s Cent...

For many years, manufacturers avoided natural colours because they were more difficult to manage than synthetics. This is no longer true. S Roenfeldt Nielsen and S Holst explore the dozens of factors to consider — from food matrices to pH to micr...